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Who told you that? There is one interpretation of Islam, that is via the Quran and the Sunnah (sayings and teachings of the Prophet (PBUH)).
the clear, irrefutable evidence in the fact that various interpretations, schools, and branches of islam exist. See Sunni muslims, the shia, Deobondi, Wahhabism, Ahmadiyya, etc.
What we are told about Islam, whether it be an Islamaphobic media or so called "Islamic clerics" is not a misinterpretation but an outright lie.
It's based on the teachings contained in a few books, suffering from the limitations of such media people interpret it in different ways.
the Qu'ran says that a woman should cover herself adequately (as should a man), those are the rules an Islamic school will follow, hardly surprisingly.
And what is adequate is open to "interpretation"
The Quran also states there is "no compulsion in religion", the legitimate scholars of Islam explain that verse as meaning that no one should be forced into the religion.Hence why non-Muslim women being forced to wear a scarf etc is crazy but when these women a#know they will be working in an Islamic school, you have to question their motivations. No contradictions and no misinterpretations. Unless someone creates those to mislead millions of people, which is what many of the powers to be are doing around the world.
The quran is rather contradictory on the point of compulsion, with the idea heavily tied into the concept of Jihad. For example: "The Universiality of Islam provided a unifying element for all believers, within the world of islam and it's defensive-offensive character produced a state of warfare permanently declared against the ouside world, the world of war.
Thus the jiad may be regarded as Islam's instrument for carrying out it's ultimate objetive by turning all people into believers, if not in the prophethood of Muhammad (as in the case of the dhimmis), at least in the belief in god. The Prophet muhammad is reported to have declared "some of my people will ontinue to fight victouriosly for the sake of the truthg until the last one of them will combat the anti-christ". Until that moment is reached the Jihad , in one form or another, will remain as a permanent obligation upon the entire entire muslim community. It follows that the existence of the dar al-harb is ultimately outlawed under the islamic jural order; that the dar al-Islam is permanently under jihad obligation until the dae al-harb is reduced to nonexistence; and that any community which prefers to remain non-islamic-in the staus of a tolerated religous community accepting certain disabilities-must submit to islamic rule and reside in the dar al-islam or be bound as cliants to the Muslim community. The Iniversalism of Islam , in it's all embracing creed, is imposed on the believers as a continuouus process of warfare, psychological and political if not strictly militery"
War and peace in the Law of Islam, pg 64, Majid Khadduri; 1955
Which makes sense if we look at islam as a social and political movement intended to unite various warring tribes in the Arabian Peninsula.
Secondly, Islamic rules applying to non-believers goes back to some of the very earliest days of islam, and examples can be found in the medina compact
"Constitution" of Medina (Dustur al-Madinah)
A brief statement on education and women, the Prophet clearly states that, "Education has been made compulsory upon every Muslim man AND woman". How can that be misinterpreted is beyond me?
Because education is an extremely broad term and can encompass everything from home-economics to an advanced degree in astro-physics ...